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The Fall Intake for the BCScTA Roots Grant is underway. We are currently accepting applications until November 30, 2018. Please go to the following link to apply. https://goo.gl/forms/1Ca7gnjMiN7ek3wI3 Communities of science teachers are the roots of the BCScTA. The BScTA…

The BCScTA Learning Community is a pilot project that we are trying in order to network our membership and share ideas. Consider joining this group. We will provide a current resource such as a book or teaching tool. We ask…

2019 Science Games Steering Committee Engineers and Geoscientists BC is looking for two educators to volunteer on our 2019 Science Games Steering Committee. This group develops the activities for our annual Science Games event in March. At the Science Games…

TRIUMF & The BC Association of Physics Teachers Are pleased to announce “Kindling your passion for physics teaching” Are you going to be teaching physics next year? Come and be inspired by award-winning physics researchers and educators while networking with…

Fix 15: Don’t leave students out of the grading process. Involve students; they can and should play key roles in assessment and grading and promote achievement. Brilliant. Happy to end this journey on a positive note note. In my last…

Fix 14: Don’t summarize evidence accumulated over time when learning is developmental and will grow with time and repeated opportunities; in those instances, emphasize more recent achievement Have I mentioned that this book is amazing, and the lessons summarized are…

Fix 13: Don’t use information from formative assessments and practice to determine grades; use only summative evidence. I think I have mentioned this before, but I promise I am not looking ahead; I just mentioned this yesterday! If it was…

Fix 12: Don’t include zeros in grade determination when evidence is missing or as punishment; use alternatives, such as reassessing to determine real achievement or use “I” for Incomplete or Insufficient Evidence Ok readers, here we go, the final few…

Fix 11: Don’t rely only on the mean; consider other measures of central tendency and use professional judgment Good morning. I was feeling guilty because I wanted this done by the end of June, and darn it, it’s not looking…